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The Options Industry Council Announces a New Monthly Volume Record as November Trading Jumps 68% Over the Same Period Last Year

CHICAGO, IL--(Marketwire - December 3, 2007) - The Options Industry Council (OIC) announced
today that total options trading volume in November reached 310,801,122
contracts, a 68.1 percent increase over the year-ago level of 184,926,170
contracts. This marks the first time options volume surpassed 300 million
contracts during a trading month. Average daily volume for November was
14,800,054 contracts.

Year-to-date options volume stands at 2.62 billion contracts, up 41.3
percent over the same point in 2006.
Year-to-date daily volume is averaging 11,366,194 contracts, up 41.3
percent compared to the same period last year.

Equity options saw 282,852,587 contracts traded, which resulted in a 67.9
percent increase over November 2006. Year-to-date equity options volume is
2.37 billion contracts, up 40.5 percent over the same point last year.
Daily equity options volume had an average of 13,469,171 contracts per day
in November, which was an increase of 67.9 percent over the same month last
year.

November Highlights:

November saw three of the highest volume days ever recorded. On November
8, 22,958,106 contracts were traded, becoming the second highest trading
day on record for total volume, while equity options trading set a new
record with 20,730,201 contracts changing hands.

On November 12, total options volume reached 19,971,779 contracts traded
becoming the fourth highest trading day on record. On the same day, equity
options volume reached 18,367,983 contracts, making it the fourth highest
equity options trading day on record.